Madikeri: Floods wreak havoc - Human interference in nature blamed


Daijiworld Media Network - Madikeri (SP)

Madikeri, Aug 10: Due to the huge landslide which happened at Talakaveri on Wednesday last week, chief priest of Talakaveri temple, Narayan Achar, and four others lost their lives. The environmentalists have blamed excessive human interference in environmentally sensitive areas for the phenomenon.

In August 2019, a huge crack had appeared in the ground over the Brahmagiri hill, Talakaveri. The crack later extended to the 'Kundike' area where River Cauvery emerges.

The district administration had sought a geological survey of India report. It was said that the small crack which had appeared on the surface of the slope on the hill had expanded into a minor landslide. A few trenches were dug by the forest department to which parallel connections are given. It had been suggested to close the cracks by filling them. But no steps were taken to do that. In September last year, sand-filled into the cracks.

In the past, when the water shortage was experienced in Kaveri Kundike, some had suggested to set up a rainwater harvesting unit over Brahmagiri hill. The then chief minister B S Yediyurappa had released grants for the same. In 2016, this project was completed, as a result of which water availability in the Kundike got augmented. The retired executive officer of Coorg Temples Grants Committee, Sampat Kumar, says that after several trees were cut for laying a road to the resort at the View Point at Talakaveri, minor landslides had begun to happen. Tammu Poovayya of Kodagu Unification Committee blames unscientific road construction and unscientific cable wire works as being responsible for this phenomenon.

They say that the installation of huge earth movers’ engines and unscientific works have given rise to an imbalance of nature in this eco-sensitive region.

 

  

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  • Anticorrupt, Mangalore/ Kuwait

    Tue, Aug 11 2020

    ‘Nature does indeed take care of itself’ is so true!

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  • Vijay, Mangaluru

    Tue, Aug 11 2020

    As per the new state governments rule mining is allowed near reserve forests! The central government is very eager to bring new pro polluting industries EIA rule which for sure will damage the existing environment beyond the repair :(

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  • Shankar, Mangaluru

    Tue, Aug 11 2020

    Have a little shame while writing lies!!!

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  • Smi, Mangalore

    Tue, Aug 11 2020

    Condolences n prayers to the ones who lost their lives coz of landslide... not just to the ones from Coorg but also to the families who lost their lives in Tata estate Kerala as wee...

    ‘Man destroyed nature.. now nature destroys him.. ‘.

    2020 turned out to be a disaster filled year..

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  • Patrick, Vasai

    Tue, Aug 11 2020

    The sefishness of people should be blamed. It is mine, my house, my income is only concerned. Nature and Neighborhood were not concerned.

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  • Shan, Udupi

    Tue, Aug 11 2020

    Every human in this world are selfish now. To gain some benefits they will destroy the nature. So naturally made forests, rivers etc were destruyed/disturbed for humans benefits. Now nature is taking revenge.

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  • Mohan, Detebail sajipa

    Tue, Aug 11 2020

    Wher is modi now. When elections come s, only bla blaa buck buckk.
    . In elections campaign.
    Now modi should visit here.. Madekeri people r bjp nd modi supporters

    Now they realised, what modi is.. They will think 3tmes b4 voting next elections.

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  • Agnel, udupi

    Tue, Aug 11 2020

    For Hundreds of years large swaths of agricultural plain lands were used only for farming. forests and hillocks were used only for grazing and for farming and no alteration was done and so humans lived in harmony with nature and nature minded its business. Here comes profit and buying and selling of farm lands and agro forests and with power of money or for want to living space humans have ventured into altering the nature and using it for purposes other than for natural uses.

    we build lavish houses on farmlands that get flooded as the waterways are blocked. The people put up shelters or shall we say buildings with out seeing the history of the land, of the movement of water, movement of animals, of for that matter movement of humans themselves. And when the time comes nature claims it back and we blame flooding on excessive rains and sudden cloud bursts and what not..
    Are rains new ? Did we not have rains for over weeks with out stop in the past and did we blame it on nature?
    Human greed and perceived need for more or nature has caused immense deforestation and desecration of Farmland to build housing colonies and we take pictures of flooded colonies and flooded regions... How can nature heal itself if we go on cutting arms and legs of hills and mountains and block the waterways by putting up buildings and present clean and levelled plots for commercial gains..
    It is time we realize the value of nature and respect and honour soil/water/rivers/hills/forests agricultural plainlands and use the nature for respective purpose. Plat trees on hills and forests and not deforest, farm the plain lands and not use for building colonies and buildings. Global warming is not a foreign phenomena, we are causing it and rightly it is affecting us, right here and right now.
    the measure we give.. we receive. what goes up comes down. we are not to blame any one for what happens during rains... too much water damage and during summer... too much drought and water shortage.

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  • Deshbhakt, Mangalore

    Tue, Aug 11 2020

    Angel,

    I do understand your concern for nature and I also am sure that Talakaveri is a man made disaster.

    Now, tell me, when an earlier household of even twenty people was staying together, the family had five acres of land. Some of it was for agriculture, some for grazing, some for firewood, so on. Then came the education. One son became a doctor, left the household, lived in the city. The other an Engineer, another a pilot, airforce officer, armyman, so on. Now, the household became thinner in human numbers, lesser in owner's representation. Gradually the land sold, cut into ten pieces because now nobody wants to engage in agriculture.

    This is what has happened with our agri land. Does that mean that education shouldn't have come ? Let me put two examples of dedication here. One about this priest at Talakaveri, the other about Capt. Sathe. The former preferred dieing, the other preferred saving lives that were on his shoulder.

    Well, I am absolutely blank thinking about all of this. Don't want to be called a communal if I decide to go on explaining.

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  • agnel, udupi

    Wed, Aug 12 2020

    I do not engage in religion nor politics, one must unite and it does not these days and the other has become destructive to the point we see everything like it is my way or highway.
    we discuss nature and healing itself or claiming its own path.
    Just check the colonies built on farm lands. At every Bailu we call it there is a system of flow of water... 1.Kaadu… 2.Gudda… 3.Kumeri/thota….4. baylu… 5.holla....6. nadi...7.Samudra... in this we have done away some of 1. kaadu; 75% of 2. Gudda is gone and all of 3. thota is gone, 50% of bayalu is on the way out as engineers doctors and software engineers bankers do not do cultivation... sadly the one who stays back to support the family can not feed himself/family as farm produce ( rice/Areca nut/coconut/and vegetable do not fetch any value and due to fragmented land holding commercial farming can not be conducted in the south/ Karnataka at least. Land is left barren mostly and if one does it is only to keep the legacy going and not as a commercial activity.
    Everyone talks of patriotism and love for the land but when It comes to issues with farmers and local products we bargain. In the mega malls and in supermarkets we swipe credit cards and it does not pinch us as much. Governments from then and now have been promising, making head lines and clicking pictures on front pages and conveniently brush aside the issues once the stories have been published and farmers elbows have been sugar coated...
    Education and advancement in science and technology must not be at the cost of destruction and disregard for nature and enhancement of Greed. Education and science must be used to better protect man and nature and not exploit to a point of no return.
    Housing can be planned in harmony with nature and on its way. check before building houses the terrain how the water flows and how the wind blows. Else one will be on the path of wind and water that did flow, will flow and no human with education can come in the way.

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  • GURKA, Mangaluru

    Mon, Aug 10 2020

    That smart Humans are became selfish and their brain become tiny in the sense micro level. As they only think themselves and themselves only and Nature is not giving second thought to destroy everything what he made for his personal gains without thinking of others,

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